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ITA All-American
ITA All-American Continues Thursday With Main Draw
10/5/2011 | Men's Tennis
Oct. 5, 2011
TULSA, Okla. - Senior Chris Thiemann of the Ole Miss men's tennis team dropped a close three-setter to BYU's Georgy Batrakov in the final round of qualifying singles at the ITA All-American Championships Wednesday.
Chris, ranked No. 68 in the nation, lost the first set 7-5, but then won the second set 6-1 to square the match. In the final set, Batrakov, ranked No. 91 in the country, served for the match at 5-3, but Chris broke back, only to get broken again at 5-5. Batrakov served out for 7-5.
Marcel Thiemann is in the main draw and begins play Thursday against Ryan Thacher of Stanford at 10 a.m. The two-time All-American, ranked No. 12 in the nation advanced to the round of 16 at last year's All-American Championships.
Thursday's action includes two rounds of singles and one round of doubles.
Marcel and Chris are the No. 2 seed in the main draw doubles and will face Gonzalo Escobar and Vitor Manzini of Texas Tech in the first round. The No. 2 ranked pair is back for their second All-American in doubles and hope to advance this year after losing in the first round last year.
ITA All-American Championships - TULSA, Okla.
Qualifying Singles
Final round - Georgy Batrakov (BYU) def. Chris Thiemann (OM) 7-5, 1-6, 7-5.
